...where I wrote 'If ever it was possible to canter to a five-set victory...'

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"I really do not see why British athletes need to make this type of appalling wolf like face of victory as if they are saying 'Up yours Mate !

This not what sport is all about

Especially in front of great Swiss tennis player and great sportsman and great gentleman of the game .

Who does Andy Murray think he is ? and who does he think he is playing Jekyll and Hyde ? ,

He needs to calm down a bit .

How one wins is just as important as winning

It is true British athletes have made an art of losing with grace and Andy Murray has broken that mould in tennis and good luck to him and it is great for the UK and may it long continue but he should make an art of winning with grace and he needs no greater example of that than Roger Federer who is far more British in this respect than Andy Murray and the ultimate sportsman, that is an enormous credit to the Swiss people and the Swiss nation

if that is their perception of Fed they HAVE NO THOUGHT process at all. He swore a stream of bad words, fell out with the umpire and threw his toys out the pram today. This 'poster' aka CLOWN didn't watch the same match I did. Also Andy has won 11 matches against Fed's 9. now 3 of those to Fed in slams one today to Murray. What's the sport he's watching????? not tennis that's certain.

Posted the vid on the wrong thread, really. I found a vid on You Tube of what Fed shouts at Andy. It's 'f**king stop'. Stop what? Beating him? I lurrrrv Andy's expression. It says: 'Yeah, that just about sums you up, mate'.

During that point (it was the 1st point of the 12 game in the 4th set when Andy was serving for the match) Federer thought Andy hesitated a bit thinking the ball was probably long, but then he quickly realized that he had no challenge left, so he hit a passing shot instead. But that little activity confused Federer and he felt he got passed because of it since he thought Andy was going to stop playing and call it. That's when he said, 'f**king stop it'. He was fuming anyway since Andy broke him back and then broke him again and now he was serving for the match. Federer wasn't prepared for a loss clearly. He has no chance against Nadal. Nole is too good at the moment and now Andy is coming into terms, so his chances of winning more Slams are only getting slimmer and slimmer. You can add the Olympics loss as well. And of course Andy was under his skin already by then. Anyway, that's my interpretation of the incident.

During that point (it was the 1st point of the 12 game in the 4th set when Andy was serving for the match) Federer thought Andy hesitated a bit thinking the ball was probably long, but then he quickly realized that he had no challenge left, so he hit a passing shot instead. But that little activity confused Federer and he felt he got passed because of it since he thought Andy was going to stop playing and call it. That's when he said, 'f**king stop it'. He was fuming anyway since Andy broke him back and then broke him again and now he was serving for the match. Federer wasn't prepared for a loss clearly. He has no chance against Nadal. Nole is too good at the moment and now Andy is coming into terms, so his chances of winning more Slams are only getting slimmer and slimmer. You can add the Olympics loss as well. And of course Andy was under his skin already by then. Anyway, that's my interpretation of the incident.

I'm not sure I understand any of that, Emma. What I do know is that the expression on Andy's face sums up exactly what he feels about him, better than any words.

I'm not sure I understand any of that, Emma. What I do know is that the expression on Andy's face sums up exactly what he feels about him, better than any words.

Sorry it's probably my English that got in the way. It's also a bit difficult to explain. Actually Federer caught Andy off guard with his sudden outburst and that's why Andy made a funny face because he wasn't prepared for this kind of sudden gesture. I don't think he was expecting it at all but during that point Andy was slightly indecisive about that point to whether to challenge it or just hit a passing shot. In that very moment he also realized that he had no challenge left so he decided to go with the latter. Federer was under the impression Andy was going to stop playing the point but he hit a passing shot to somewhat confused Federer who wasn't prepared for it. It all basically happened very, very quickly. You need to watch the point but to be honest it was never about the point.